Daniel Wilco | NCAA.com | July 6, 2018

These schools have won the most championships

Stanford is one of only 180 schools that have won an NCAA title at the highest level of competition (either Division I or NC). The Cardinal also happen to have done it the most, with 117 championships to their name, one ahead of second-place UCLA.

Here's the list of the top 15 schools by championships won:

Rank

School

Total titles

Different sports won

1

Stanford

117

20

2

UCLA

116

20

3

Southern California

106

17

4

Oklahoma State

52

5

5

Penn State

50

10

6

Texas

46

10

7

Arkansas

44

6

T8

LSU

43

7

T8

North Carolina

43

7

10

California

37

10

T11

Florida

35

14

T11

Michigan

35

10

T13

Denver

33

3

T13

Oregon

33

8

15

Georgia

31

9

Okay then, California schools. Only three programs have won more than 52 championships in their history, and all three are in the Golden State.

There have been championships in 39 different sports in the history of the NCAA. Stanford and UCLA have captured championships in 20 different sports each, while Southern California has won in 17.

Rank

School

Sport

Titles

1

Oklahoma State

Wrestling

34

2

Southern California

Men's outdoor track and field

26

3

Denver

Skiing

24

4

Iowa

Wrestling

23

T5

North Carolina

Women's soccer

21

T5

Southern California

Men's tennis

21

T5

Yale

Men's golf

21

8

Arkansas

Men's indoor track and field

20

T9

UCLA

Men's volleyball

19

T9

Colorado

Skiing

19

T9

Stanford

Women's tennis

19

T9

West Virginia

Rifle

19

13

Stanford

Men's Tennis

17

T14

Houston

Men's golf

16

T14

UCLA

Men's tennis

16

Here are some other takeaways from the data:

No school has won more championships in a single sport than Oklahoma State. The Cowboys have won a double-take-inducing 34 wrestling championships. During one stretch from 1928 until 1949, Oklahoma State won 16 of 20 titles.

The most dominance in any sport comes from Chapel Hill, where North Carolina has won 21 of the 36 possible women’s soccer titles. From 1982 until 2000, the Tar Heels won 16 of 19 championships. What’s more, from the very first championship (in 1982) until 2015 — a span of 34 years — UNC never went three years in a row without winning at least one championship. If you were a women’s soccer player at North Carolina during that span and stayed all four years, you were guaranteed to win at least one title. Not a bad deal.

Southern California has won 26 titles in men’s outdoor track and field, but there have also been 99 champions crowned in that sport. Denver has 24 of the 66 skiing championships, and Iowa has 23 of 89 wrestling titles.

Of the top 15 schools, none are more well-rounded than Florida. The Gators have 35 championships in 14 different sports. That's the most variety per title.

On the other end of that spectrum is Denver, which has 33 championships in just three sports. The Pioneers have won one men's lacrosse title, eight men's ice hockey crowns, and 24 skiing championships.